2015–16 Ranji Trophy
The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy was the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B advanced to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. For this season the schedule splits into two stages, the first is a league stage and the second being a knock-out stage. The league stage starts on 1 October 2015 and ends on 4 December 2015 and the knock-out stage starts on 3 February 2016 and ends on 28 February 2016. The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy will be followed by the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Deodhar Trophy.[1]
 The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners | |
| Dates | 1 October 2015 – 28 February 2016 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin then knockout |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Champions | Mumbai (41st title) |
| Participants | 27 |
| Matches | 115 |
| Most runs | Shreyas Iyer (1321) (Mumbai) |
| Most wickets | Shahbaz Nadeem (51) (Jharkhand) |
The final was contested by Saurashtra and Mumbai, a repeat of the 2012–13 final.[2] Mumbai won the match by an innings and 21 runs to claim their 41st title.[3]
Personnel changes
Players
| Player | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarfaraz Khan | Mumbai | Uttar Pradesh | Batsman[4] |
| Tashuk Ali | Himachal Pradesh | Mumbai | All rounder[4] |
| Pragyan Ojha | Hyderabad | Bengal | Spinner[4] |
| Wasim Jaffer | Mumbai | Vidarbha | Opening Batsman[4] |
| Sainty Pathak | Delhi | Haryana | Opening Batsman[5] |
| Mithun Manhas | Delhi | J&K | Batsman[4] |
| RP Singh | Uttar Pradesh | Gujarat | Seam Bowler[6] |
| Prasanth Parameswaran | Tamil Nadu | Goa | Seam Bowler |
| Amit Verma | Kerala | Assam | Batsman |
Coaches
| Coach | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chandrakant Pandit | Mumbai | Coach [4] | |
| Hrishikesh Kanitkar | Goa | Coach [4] | |
| Dheeraj Jadhav | Goa | Asst. Coach [4] | |
| Sairaj Bahutule | Bengal | Coach [4] | |
| Bengal | Asst. Coach [4] | ||
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | Tamil Nadu | Bowling Coach | |
| Rizwan Shamshad | Uttar Pradesh | Head Coach | |
| Ajay Jadeja | Delhi | Head Coach |
Teams
The groups drawn are as follows[7]
Zone-wise
Zone-wise participation:
| Group | North | West | South (2014-15 Duleep Runners-Up) | East | Central (2014-15 Duleep Winners) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Delhi (2014-15 Quarter-Finalist), Haryana | Maharashtra (2014-15 Semi-Finalist) | Karnataka (2014-15 Winner) | Assam (2014-15 Quarter-Finalist), Bengal, Odisha | Rajasthan, Vidarbha (2014-15 Quarter-Finalist) |
| B | Punjab | Baroda, Gujarat, Mumbai (2014-15 Semi-Finalist) | Andhra Pradesh (2014-15 Quarter-Finalist), Tamil Nadu (2014-15 Runner-Up) | Madhya Pradesh, Railways, Uttar Pradesh | |
| C | Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Services | Saurashtra | Goa, Hyderabad, Kerala | Jharkhand, Tripura |
Group A
Points table
| Team[8] | Pld | W | L | D | A | WI | FI | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidarbha | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0.047 |
| Bengal | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 0.110 |
| Assam | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | –0.304 |
| Delhi | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0.215 |
| Karnataka | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 0.336 |
| Rajasthan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | –0.313 |
| Maharashtra | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0.301 |
| Odisha | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.016 |
| Haryana | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | –0.406 |
- Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
- Bottom placed team relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
Group B
Points table
| Team[8] | Pld | W | L | D | A | WI | FI | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 0.851 |
| Punjab | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0.045 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | –0.059 |
| Gujarat | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | –0.092 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | –0.117 |
| Tamil Nadu | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | –0.321 |
| Baroda | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | –0.045 |
| Railways | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.039 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | –0.459 |
- Top three teams advanced to knockout stage.
- Bottom placed team relegated to Group C for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
Group C
Points table
| Team[8] | Pld | W | L | D | A | WI | FI | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saurashtra | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | –0.061 |
| Jharkhand | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.093 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1.201 |
| Services | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0.473 |
| Kerala | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0.589 |
| Goa | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | –0.206 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.870 |
| Hyderabad | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –0.330 |
| Tripura | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | –0.760 |
- Top two teams advanced to knockout stage and promoted to Group A and Group B respectively for 2016–17 Ranji Trophy.
Knockout stage
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Vidarbha | 151 & 139 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Saurashtra | 375 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Saurashtra | 353 & 24/0 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Assam | 234 & 139 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Assam | 323 & 101 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Punjab | 137 & 236 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Saurashtra | 235 & 115 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Mumbai | 371 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Bengal | 121 & 432 | ||||||||||||
| B3 | Madhya Pradesh | 348 & 560/9d | ||||||||||||
| B3 | Madhya Pradesh | 227 & 361/5 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Mumbai | 371 & 426 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Jharkhand | 172 & 94 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Mumbai | 416 & 245 | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
- 1st Quarter-final
- 2nd Quarter-final
- 3rd Quarter-final
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- Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
- Chandrakant Sakure (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
- 4th Quarter-final
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- Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sufiyan Shaikh (Mumbai) made his first-class debut.
Semi-finals
- 1st Semi-final
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- Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
- 2nd Semi-final
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- Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Jagdeep Baweja (Madhya Pradesh) made his first-class debut.
- Mumbai progressed to the final due to the first innings lead.[2]
- Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai) became the fifth player to score 1,200 runs in a single Ranji Trophy competition.[9]
Final
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- Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
- Prerak Mankad (Saurashtra) made his first-class debut.
Statistics
Most runs
| Player Name | Style | Team | Run |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shreyas Iyer | Right-handed Middle-order | Mumbai | 1321 |
| Akhil Herwadkar | Left-handed Opening | Mumbai | 879 |
| Arun Karthik | Right-handed Middle-order | Assam | 802 |
High scores
| Player Name | Style | Team | Run | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natraj Behera | Right-handed Opening | Odisha | 255* | CH Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak |
| Swapnil Asnodkar | Right-handed Opening | Goa | 232 | Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground, Jammu |
| Paras Dogra | Right-handed Middle-order | Himachal Pradesh | 227 | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala |
| Tashuk Ali | Right-handed Middle-order | Mumbai | 220* | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmshala |
Most hundreds
| Player Name | Style | Team | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajat Paliwal | Right-handed Middle-order | Services | 4 |
| Sudip Chatterjee | Left-handed Middle-order | Bengal | 4 |
| Shreyas Iyer | Right-handed Middle-order | Mumbai | 4 |
Most fifties (and over)
| Player Name | Style | Team | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shreyas Iyer | Right-handed Middle-order | Mumbai | 11 |
| Harpreet Singh Bhatia | Left-handed Middle-order | Madhya Pradesh | 8 |
| Tashuk ali | Right-handed Middle-order | Mumbai | 8 |
Most sixes in an innings
| Player Name | Style | Team | 50+ | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ishan Kishan | Left-handed Opening | Jharkhand | 8 | Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot |
| Paras Dogra | Right-handed Middle-order | Himachal Pradesh | 8 | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala |
References
- "BCCI splits Ranji Trophy stages in rejig". espncricinfo.com. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- "Mumbai enter final on lead in Cuttack run fest". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- "Mumbai seal 41st Ranji title with innings win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- "Full list of transfers before the 2015-16 domestic season". espncricinfo.com. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- "Sehwag joins Haryana Ranji team". bcci.tv. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- RP Singh from Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat
- "Duleep Trophy omitted from 2015-16 calendar". espncricinfo.com. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- "Ranji Trophy, 2015-16 Points table". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- "Suryakumar, Tare tons set MP 571 target". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
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